Looking Ahead: Kimbra

Looking Ahead: Kimbra

Kimbra is not just the girl that Gotye didn't want to cut him off in his "Somebody That I Used to Know" music video (Kimbra sings the duet with Gotye). The New Zealand pop singer's "Vows" debuted in the U.S. in May (a rerelease) with three popular singles, "Cameo Lover," "Good Intent" and "Two Way Street," and she's gotten more than 12 million views of her videos. Word on the street is her live shows are just as pop-tacular, with a full band and plenty of looping. Why go: Psychedelic soul band The Stepkids also performs. Reconsider: Really, isn't Kimbra just another Adele/Katy Perry/Carly Rae Jepsen songstress? 9 p.m. Wednesday at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St.; $19 (18+); etix.com

Kimbra is not just the girl that Gotye didn't want to cut him off in his "Somebody That I Used to Know" music video (Kimbra sings the duet with Gotye). The New Zealand pop singer's "Vows" debuted in the U.S. in May (a rerelease) with three popular singles, "Cameo Lover," "Good Intent" and "Two Way Street," and she's gotten more than 12 million views of her videos. Word on the street is her live shows are just as pop-tacular, with a full band and plenty of looping. Why go: Psychedelic soul band The Stepkids also performs. Reconsider: Really, isn't Kimbra just another Adele/Katy Perry/Carly Rae Jepsen songstress? 9 p.m. Wednesday at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St.; $19 (18+); etix.com

Kimbra is not just the girl that Gotye didn't want to cut him off in his "Somebody That I Used to Know" music video (Kimbra sings the duet with Gotye). The New Zealand pop singer's "Vows" debuted in the U.S. in May (a rerelease) with three popular singles, "Cameo Lover," "Good Intent" and "Two Way Street," and she's gotten more than 12 million views of her videos. Word on the street is her live shows are just as pop-tacular, with a full band and plenty of looping. Why go: Psychedelic soul band The Stepkids also performs. Reconsider: Really, isn't Kimbra just another Adele/Katy Perry/Carly Rae Jepsen songstress? 9 p.m. Wednesday at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St.; $19 (18+); etix.com